FP10 wrote:Are the rejects getting scrapped or will they just sit at MPI?

Loco resale market is hot. If it runs well enough to semi-reliably serve any regular commuter rail schedule, it runs better than well enough for most shortlines. Take one look at a big PAR yard and these units are positively mint by comparison. MPI's like a "certified pre-owned" dealer vs. rolling the dice on an old Craigslist beater and hoping it doesn't hit the blowtorch before it pulls its first car. Orders of magnitude difference. They get upkeep and warranty before going back on the market.

Majority of the screamers will live on in the aftermarket, too, when they depart BET for the last time. There's still scads of Amtrak's former first-generation F40's in active service elsewhere.

And any of the MARC GP40s that isn't "mint" when Boise gets it is a good candidate for a repowering/rebuilding into one of the various reuses that there are, particularly for 4 axle units. Gensets, new prime movers, etc.

MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:they are sitting in Beacon Park along with the 1118

Another one of my whacky rebuilding ideas. Ship the 61 and 67 along with the 1118 to Altoona. 1118 will get the standard top-deck, new HEP unit, and the like. Turn the two MARC Units into GP40ECO-H2 units, rebuild from the frame and give them EMD 12-710ECO prime movers, Caterpillar HEP units, and repaint them into the lightning stripe, then bam! We have some more *rebuilt GP40 power with *new primemovers until the HSPs arrive, and will last after the screamers are phased out. Ditto on the 51, 59 and 66, and any other MARC GP40s laying around that could be used. Anyone care to photoshop a GP40WH-2 in the lightning stripe scheme to see what these hypothetical locomotives would look like???